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What a Difference 30 Years Makes — Spike Lee Is Back in the Oscar Race
Anyone who remembers the year Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing was shut out of the major awards at the...
Predictions Friday – Every Win Changes the Conversation
[Update - made a change or two here, added Willem Dafoe for At Eternity's Gate as a contender in Best...
Green Book – One of the Best Films of the Year and a Career High for the Shape Shifter that is Viggo Mortensen
Peter Farrelly's Green Book, which surprised everyone when it won in Toronto, is the kind of movie the gives back...
If Beale Street Could Talk Gets Beautiful Trailer
Annapurna has just released this truly lovely new trailer for Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk. One of the...
Paying Tribute to the Singular Dream of a Fallen President – First Man Gets Beautiful New Trailer
I'm so glad they chose to bring back the words of the man whose legacy threads throughout First Man and...
The Fire Fury of Lady Gaga Comes Alive in A Star Is Born
It's been a year where many actors have turned to directing. Joel Edgerton's second feature, Boy Erased, is one. Jonah...
Viggo Mortensen Becomes Best Actor Frontrunner as Green Book Wins People’s Choice Award in Toronto
Green Book, as predicted by Kris Tapley, has taken the People's Choice Audience Award at Toronto. Runners up were If...
Memo to Oscar Watchers: Cool Your Jets, It’s Only September
It's only September. I know that folks are chomping at the bit to know what direction the Oscar race is...
Predictions Friday – A Wide Open Race, No Frontrunners in Sight
Last year, it seemed pretty clear there were a couple of contenders coming out of the Venice/Telluride/Toronto bloodbath. Gary Oldman,...
The State of the Race: The Big Exhale After Venice, Telluride and Toronto
Film festival season (which is not over yet) blows in fast and furious, then just as quickly, dissipates. We still...
Black Panther and Oscar – The Movie in the Middle of a War Between the Past and the Future
The people who rose up to fight against the popular film Oscar used Black Panther as a leveraging tool. Accusations...
Roma wins Golden Lion in Venice, The Favourite Wins Jury Prize
Alfonso Cuaron's astonishing and personal film Roma takes the Golden Lion at Venice, while Yorgos Lanthimos' The Favourite wins the...
A Star is Born Wows Crowd at Toronto
What we have here is an Oscar frontrunner, at least where the hive mind is concerned. The reactions out of...
A Star is Born Clips on Instagram
The Instagram for A Star is Born (probably the Twitter and Facebook too) have some clips from the film. Check...
The Gurus of Gold Launches for 2019
I was not initially going to participate in the Gurus of Gold but my pal Gregory Ellwood kind of nudged...
Academy Bluffs on Popular Film Category, as Predicted
Indiewire’s Critics Poll Chooses Roma as the Best Film of Telluride 2018
Indiewire gathered a few critics to ask them what their favorites were and almost all, by an overwhelming margin, chose...
There is No First Man “Controversy” or “Backlash” – Just a Lot of Hot Air and Phony Clickbait
Senator and bona fide snowflake Marco Rubio is really good at shooting off his mouth without understanding the target. He's...
Best Actress 2018 — Right Role, Right Time, Right Actress [POLL!]
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The Best Actress race is, as a rule, not just about the work. If you approach it that way, not...
First Man – “Well, space is there, and we’re going to climb it”
“I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer — born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped...
The Academy Announces New Rules for 92 Oscars – “International Feature Film” to Replace “Foreign Language” Category
The Academy has scrapped the "Foreign Language Feature Film" category title and replaced it with "International Feature Film," in their...
Composer Patrick Warren Breaks Down the Score of Showtime’s ‘The Chi’ and His Career In Music
Patrick Warren is the composer for Showtime's Peabody Award-nominated series, The Chi. While this is Warren's first gig as the head...
Trailer: First Look At Will Smith In Ang Lee’s Gemini Man
Paramount has released the new trailer for Gemini Man starring Will Smith. In the film, Smith stars as Henry Brogan,...
Zachary Levi To Host MTV Movie & TV Awards
Zachary Levi has been announced as the host of the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The ceremony will take...
Our Summer Movie Preview, Part Deux!
This week, the Cooler Gang continues their breakdown of all the major July and August 2019 summer movies in the...
2019 Emmys: Is This Finally The Year for Bob Odenkirk or Jason Bateman to Win a Lead Actor Emmy?
In all likelihood, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is going to see a major shakeup this year. Half...
Interview: Brian Cox On Playing The Patriarch In ‘Succession’ -” Children are both a blessing and a curse and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
In HBO's Succession, Brian Cox plays Logan Roy - the family patriarch. Early on, Roy suffers a health problem and his children...
Interview: Production Designer Melanie Jones On Creating Sets For ‘The Dirt’ and ‘The Curse of La Llorona
When Melanie Jones works on horror films, she doesn't get scared, because she's in the film. She's building the sets,...
Netflix Launches ‘When They See Us’ First Trailer
When They See Us, Ava DuVernay's Central Park Five 4-part limited series, unveils its first official trailer today. The series...
Interview: Succession’s Jesse Armstrong – “It’s a Comedy of Real Life.”
I recently caught up with showrunner Jesse Armstrong to discuss creating the family dynasty The Roys for last summer's HBO...